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  1. schoenhofen brewing company administration building (1886, adolph cudell, architect) and powerhouse (1902, schmidt, garden, and martin)

    schoenhofen brewing company administration building (1886, adolph cudell, architect) and powerhouse (1902, schmidt, garden, and martin)
    schoenhofen brewing company administration building (1886, adolph cudell, architect) and powerhouse (1902, schmidt, garden, and martin). detail of the schoenhofen building's exterior terra cotta ornament fabricated by the northwestern terra cotta company. the administration building was designed by adolph cudell. note the six-pointed brewers's star surrounded by richly designed leafage.   beginning in the mid-1880s, peter schoenhofen was among a...
  2. historically important gothic style exterior henry rohkam residence terra cotta fence segments join bldg. 51 museum archive

    historically important gothic style exterior henry rohkam residence terra cotta fence segments join bldg. 51 museum archive
      four original red slip-glazed gothic style exterior terra cotta fence segments salvaged from northwestern terra cotta executive henry rokham's house (1887) in the 1980s, joined the bldg. 51 museum collection of historically important terra cotta earlier this month. rokham's victorian-era home was designed by architect theodore karls to showcase the use of ornamental terra cotta on a residential building...
  3. st. paul catholic church (1899): a very unusual and richly ornamented henry j. schlacks masterpiece

    st. paul catholic church (1899): a very unusual and richly ornamented henry j. schlacks masterpiece
    "church built without a nail." photographic study of henry j. schlacks-designed st. paul church (1897-1899), located at 2127 w. 22nd place, chicago, ills. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2023.
  4. stunning space-age architecture: gerald a. siewart's pride cleaners

    stunning space-age architecture: gerald a. siewart's pride cleaners
    i was introduced to this building in 2001, when i saw it in camilo jose vergara and timothy j. samuleson's book "unexpected chicagoland," which is one of my favorite books on chicago architecture and oddities. pride cleaners, designed in 1959 by gerald a. siegwart, is located at 558 e. 79th street, chicago, ills. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and...
  5. revisiting louis h. sullivan's getty tomb (1890) in graceland cemetery in 2023

    revisiting louis h. sullivan's getty tomb (1890) in graceland cemetery in 2023
    the getty tomb's ornamental cast bronze gates and inner-door were executed by the yale and towne mfg. company. plaster casts were made of the sullivan-designed ornament and exhibited in paris and the art institute of chicago. the indiana limestone mausoleum was completed in 1890. adler & sullivan, architects. frank lloyd wright considered the tomb one of sullivan's greatest works. images...
  6. john t. long's 1892 yale apartment building: a rare survivor among first generation residential high-rises

    john t. long's 1892 yale apartment building: a rare survivor among first generation residential high-rises
    images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2023.
  7. detailed study of claude bragdon-designed exterior polychromatic ornament on bevier memorial building (1910),

    detailed study of claude bragdon-designed exterior polychromatic ornament on bevier memorial building (1910),
    photographic study of claude bragdon-designed exterior polychromatic ornament on the three-and-a-half story bevier memorial building (1910), located at the corner of spring and s. washington streets, rochester, ny. bragdon designed the building in 1908 as a classroom and lecture space for the rochester athenaeum & mechanics institute (predecessor to the rochester institute of technology) arts program. the richly colored glazed...
  8. flying to pieces: lastest survey of herman von holst's chicago south side chicago comed station

    flying to pieces: lastest survey of herman von holst's chicago south side chicago comed station
    flying to pieces. hermann v von holst's southside chicago massive comed substation (also known as the gaitan building, 1924) is standing, but the degree of deterioration since i've been documenting it (beginning in 2018) is very alarming. moisture penetration deeply embedded in exterior walls has caused the facade to buckle in some places. spalling of original face brick continues to...
  9. projective ornament inside and out: documenting claude bragdon's chamber of commerce building design program

    projective ornament inside and out: documenting claude bragdon's chamber of commerce building design program
    exterior and interior images of claude bragdon's distinctive ornament found throughout his chamber of commerce building (1916-17), located at st. paul street, rochester, ny. the building was not only one of bragdon's last major commissions in rochester, but also led to a falling out with one of his most important clients, george eastman (founder of the eastman kodak company), who...
  10. rochester's maplewood ymca: a closer look at claude bragdon-designed polychromatic ornamental terra cotta entrance

    rochester's maplewood ymca: a closer look at claude bragdon-designed polychromatic ornamental terra cotta entrance
    exterior images of claude bragdon's two-story ymca maplewood branch building (1916), located at 25 driving park avenue, rochester, ny. the glazed polychromatic terra cotta (colors specified by bragdon), was executed by the atlantic terra cotta company, perth amboy, nj. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2023. 
  11. first time visit to a quiet architectural gem in scottsville, new york: harvey ellis's grace episcopal church (1885)

    first time visit to a quiet architectural gem in scottsville, new york: harvey ellis's grace episcopal church (1885)
    exterior photographic survey of harvey ellis's grace episcopal church (1885), located at 9 browns avenue, scottsville, ny. ellis's brother charles, and the boston-based firm of rotch and tilden were also in involved in the building's construction. i found it be a rather unusual, but charming little church with its fieldstone base and rounded apsidal and transept ends, topped of conical-shaped...
  12. masterpiece: henry hobson richardson's allegheny county courthouse (1888)

    masterpiece: henry hobson richardson's allegheny county courthouse (1888)
    masterpiece. exterior images of henry h. richardson's allegheny county courthouse (1883-1888), located at 436 grant street, pittsburgh, pa. the four-story building, with five story tower, interior courtyard, and prison connected by the "bridge of sighs," was erected by the norcross brothers (richardson's contractor of choice) using massive rusticated solid pink milford granite blocks. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and...
  13. traces of projective ornament found in claude bragdon's italian presbyterian church (1914)

    traces of projective ornament found in claude bragdon's italian presbyterian church (1914)
    a partially completed exterior photographic survey of claude bragdon's italian presbyterian church (1914), located at 774 west broad street, rochester, ny. the church was completed around the time bragdon's published his seminal book entitled "projective ornament."  the sgraffito pamel surrouning the main entrance was also executed by bragdon. courtesy of eric c. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights...
  14. wright in rochester: exterior photo-documentation of the edward boynton house (1908)

    wright in rochester: exterior photo-documentation of the edward boynton house (1908)
    exterior images of frank lloyd wright's edward e. boynton house (1908), located at 16 east blvd., rochester, ny. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2023. 
  15. group of historically important frank lloyd wright-designed wainwright building (1891) painted cast iron ground floor mullion fragments join bldg. 51 archive

    group of historically important frank lloyd wright-designed wainwright building (1891) painted cast iron ground floor mullion fragments join bldg. 51 archive
    multiple frank lloyd wright-designed red painted cast iron mullion fragments removed from the ground level windows on adler and sullivan's wainwright building (1891) were recently acquired by the bldg. 51 archive collection. the diminutive cast iron sections (fabricator not known) were salvaged from the building in 1974-75 while undergoing extensive alterations including demolition of the interior. the strongly geometric and...
  16. bldg. 51 museum acquires rare and historically important world book encyclopedia garrick theater "star and pod" shadow box

    bldg. 51 museum acquires rare and historically important world book encyclopedia garrick theater "star and pod" shadow box
    when adler and sullivan's schiller building (1892) - later known as the garrick theater - was undergoing demolition in 1961 (a multitude of preservation groups and notable figures around the world vigorously protested and fought to save it from destruction months prior), a small number of forward-thinking organizations generously provided financial assistance towards saving the building's interior and exterior ornament...
  17. "the first prairie house;" a photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's william winslow house (1894)

    "the first prairie house;" a photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's william winslow house (1894)
    photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's william winslow's residence (1894), located at 515 auvergne pl, river forest, ills. i've included my original foldout page of wright's winlow house, from architectural review, bates & guild company, 1900. the winslow brothers were chicago’s leading architectural manufacturers, producing wrought and cast iron, and complex decorative metalwork for countless chicago landmarks, including the auditorium...
  18. historically important carved sandstone block from pond and pond's home for self-supporting women joins bldg. 51 museum

    historically important carved sandstone block from pond and pond's home for self-supporting women joins bldg. 51 museum
    original diminutive carved bedford limestone block - salvaged by timothy j. samuelson and tim barton - from pond and pond's home for self-supporting women was donated to the bldg. 51 museum collection over the past week. the building was completed in 1908 and located at 12 east grand avenue, chicago, ills.  images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 archive...
  19. fritz albert's highly stylized and richly colored egyptian revivial terra cotta ornament on display at egyptian lacquer building (1926)

    fritz albert's highly stylized and richly colored egyptian revivial terra cotta ornament on display at egyptian lacquer building (1926)
    images of fritz albert-designed polychromed terra cotta along the cavetto cornice and surrounding entrance of the egyptian lacquer mfg. company building (1926). the single-story egyptian-revival style factory - located at 3052 west carroll avenue, chicago, ills. – was built by the architectural firm of lockwood, greene and company in 1926. the spray-glazed exterior terra cotta ornament was sculpted by fritz...
  20. the last of the three southern minnesota banks: purcell and elmslie's first state bank of leroy (1914)

    the last of the three southern minnesota banks: purcell and elmslie's first state bank of leroy (1914)
    photographic survey of purcell and elmslie's first state bank of leroy (1914), located at 102 w. main street, leroy, mn. the building is devoid of the characteristic elmslie-designed terra cotta ornament, given the fact that one of the bank director's would veto any proposal for a design exceeding ten thousand dollars. still, the richly colored art glass lunette buried deep...

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